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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

My love affair with Nature
Sketchbook continues! Today I have a
really fun Tag & Policy Envelope Mini Snapguide tutorial to share with
you. The mini has interactive pages and
hidden tags and best of all, you can put this together in less than a day so
that makes it even better!

Tips: Save your scraps, they are great for
minis. Those little strips that you cut
off here and there are great for embellishing tags and mini pages. No scrap is too small! Don't be afraid to hang things off the page,
it will add a fun visual element to your project.

Today I have a tag for you that I think would be perfect to add to a bottle of wine and gift to a girlfriend that needs a little cheering up. I love the sentiment that comes from Graphic 45's new Portrait of a Lady collection.

I've used some dies from the new release of Cheery Lynn Designs Bohemian Dies. Down the center I've used the Indie Border Die from the Bohemian collection. I love how the design paper underneath peeks through the cut outs.

Of course the tag has to be finished off with some flowers! The large flower was made with the Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Set. The other flowers are roses made with the medium and large rose die sets. A seam binding bow at the top and a organza trim around the edges are the perfect finishing accents for this feminine tag.

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Today I decided to do something just for me, not for any DT's, just something I wanted to do. This is the result!

While at Creativation in Phoenix, I totally fell in love with these ginormous Tim Holtz tags. This gal loves to make tags and what more could a tag love want but a ginormous tag?? Had to have them as soon as I got back home and I found them at the Funkie Junkie Boutique. I used the middle size to make my tag which is about 6.5" x 12".

I will confess that I also fell in love with Tim's Distress Oxide inks and I started this tag by creating a background with the oxide inks, but that just wasn't the bright effect I was looking for so I grabbed up a piece of red burlap.

It probably doesn't get a lot brighter than this red burlap and yellow trim! 😄

Of course I turned to my new favorite Graphic 45 collection, Nature Sketchbook to fussy cut this bright spring image. Here in North Carolina we are currently having temps in the high 70's and even 80's. I am so ready for spring now!

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Today I'm sharing a canvas I made from the new Midnight Masquerade collection to hang in my studio. I love sharing my art with others and I hope that I inspire you, so I find this to be a perfect quote, "Creativity is Contagious, Pass it On."

I fussy cut a lot of pieces for this canvas and used a lot of foam to pop up the pieces. Instead of using commercial flowers, I fussy cut some of the great flowers in this collection to use as embellishments.

Tip: Pull out your Stickles and add some sparkle to your project. Midnight Masquerade is the perfect collection for this. I added little dabs of Stickles in the flower centers and on the green letters. Too bad the camera doesn't pick up that sparkle but its there and it's a great subtle enhancement.

Monday, February 20, 2017

I love this photo of my husband driving his 48 Ford convertible just after he got the engine up and running. I thought that Graphic 45's new collection, Vintage Hollywood, would work in a great fun way with this photo, and I love how it came out.

To begin the canvas, I tore some strips of design paper and glued to the canvas. Then I used black modeling paste to stencil on some grungy spots. They look kinda like grease spots, perfect! After that dried I misted with Lindy's in different colors and added some orange paint splotches.

Be sure to stop by the store and see what Nicolle's been creating, she is always adding new designs. And don't forget our monthly challenge, you could win a $50 gift certificate. Details on the challenge can be found in the first post on the blog every month.

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Today I'm sharing a layout I did of my sweet furbabies, Nika and Tisha. They love each other so much and they're always together, sleeping, playing or begging! 🐩 😍

While I was at Creativation in Phoenix I stopped by the Fabscraps booth and visited with Bea and Cait. Knowing that they are dog lovers like me, I showed them this sweet photo and they said you and must scrap this photo with our new collection, Lavender Breeze. And WOW, it worked so perfectly with my photo!

Even better, Petaloo's Briar Roses look fabulous with this collection. I tucked in some Cheery Lynn Designs diecuts to finish off my clusters.

These hearts are diecuts that are included in the collection and I thought they looked really great nestled in with my Petaloo blooms.

This was really a quick and simple card to make, just diecut a couple layers, stamp and sentiment and make a couple flowers. Easy peasy! Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate the time you take to visit.

Friday, February 17, 2017

Petaloo loves pets and an organization that is dear to our hearts is Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. I made this canvas thinking about them and the good works they do saving animals all over the US.

I used Tim Holtz's Crazy Dogs and Crazy Things stamp sets and coordinating dies to make all these silly pups. They are just so fun and of course while I was working away, some of them acquired names. Ha, that dachshund there at the bottom is Kiki, named after a friend's pup.

And that cute little pink bull dog, why that's Petunia, she's been a project star before. I just adore her. Isn't she so chic in her shades?

I really don't know why Tim didn't have a poodle in his crazy dog collection so I had to make my own, she's not too crazy but she's a cutie nestled in there with those mini Darjeeling flowers.

Creative Embellishments has some great flair that I used on this canvas.

Petunia has a couple of cousins hanging out on the canvas today, 😊, Spike and Fred.

Did you know that Darjeeling flowers are paintable? I painted some of these the same color as the Creative Embellishments scribble heart.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The Portrait of a Lady
collection is everything that defines grace and beauty. The pinks and greens of this collection are so beautiful, and the vintage images so
dreamy, well, I had to do a layout featuring the elegant lady on
the signature page. You can go wild with
flowers on this collection too!
Tip: Fussy cut some of the
gorgeous roses in the collection and nestle them in among 3D flowers for a
dynamic floral cluster.

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About Me

I suppose one can make the connection between scrapbooking and travel. After all, if one travels a lot, there usually are pictures begging to be scrapped. My husband and I retired a couple of years ago and wander the continent whenever possible in our motorhome. We've been from Key West, FL to Fairbanks, Alaska and from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean in our RV!
But you are probably wondering what "Bark" has to do with this. Currently we are owned by two standard poodles and we usually travel in our motorhome so that they can accompany us. We refer to the motorhome as the "Doghouse".
So, I scrap, we travel, the dogs bark. In 3 words, I have described to you much about who I am! I do always take scrappy supplies with me in the RV so that when the mood strikes, I am ready!
I hope you'll visit my blog often to see what I am up to and please leave me a message now and then so I'll know you were here!